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'''Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection''' is a VHS Series of [[Looney Tunes]] videotapes, released in 1985 and discontinued in 1992. It was the first VHS series in which black and white cartoons were featured in their original black-and-white presentation (and the only such series until the [[Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition]] VHS tapes). It would also be the only VHS series in which [[Foghorn Leghorn]], [[Pepé Le Pew]], and [[Speedy Gonzales]] would be honored with their own videotapes (though Foghorn and Pepe eventually got their own installments in the [[Looney Tunes Super Stars]] DVD series in the early 2010s).
The '''''Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection''''' is a series of ''[[Looney Tunes (franchise)|Looney Tunes]]'' VHS tapes released by [[Warner Home Video]], released from [[October 7]], [[1985]]<ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=hiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT20&dq=billboard+golden+jubilee+warner+1985+october+7&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=billboard%20golden%20jubilee%20warner%201985%20october%207&f=false Billboard, November 9, 1985]</ref> to [[1992]]. It was the first VHS series in which black-and-white cartoons were featured in their original presentation (and the only such series until the ''[[Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition]]'' VHS tapes). It would also be the only VHS series in which [[Foghorn Leghorn]], [[Pepé Le Pew]], and [[Speedy Gonzales]] would be honored with their own videotapes (though Foghorn and Pepé eventually got their own installments in the ''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars]]'' DVD series in the early 2010s).


Most of these cartoons have already been restored on DVD and Blu-ray, but the rest of the cartoons that have not been added to DVD and Blu-ray are still unrestored.
Most of these cartoons have been restored on DVD and/or Blu-ray since, but the rest of the cartoons that have not been added to these formats are still unrestored.
 
Each tape began with a newly animated sequence in which the police are chasing the Tasmanian Devil (who ironically did not have a spotlight video in this collection) on a motorcycle. Taz drives his bike through a theater in which Bugs, Daffy, and Porky are on stage with many characters marching across the stage behind them, akin to the beginning of The Bugs Bunny Show (complete with a few instrumental bars of "This Is It" accompanying the scene). The animated sequence ends with a red-and-white WB shield as seen in the classic shorts emerging as Taz drives through the scene.
 
Some prints of the cartoons in these videos are time-compressed (sped-up from their original speed).  These titles include "[[You Ought to Be in Pictures]]", "[[The Wearing of the Grin]]", and "[[Dough for the Do-Do]]" on the [[Porky Pig]] tape and "[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]" on the [[Daffy Duck]] tape. The reason behind the time compression for these four cartoons are due to space restrictions in the VHS tapes at the time, especially due to the longer running time for "You Ought to Be in Pictures" (9 minutes 45 seconds) and "Porky's Duck Hunt" (8 minutes 50 seconds).


== Releases ==
== Releases ==
=== '''''Character-Themed Releases''''' ===
=== Character-related ===
=== Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures ===
==== Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures ====
[[File:Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures|Cover for Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures]]
[[File:Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|Cover for ''Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures'']]
==== Contents: ====
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Long-Haired Hare]]"
* "[[Long-Haired Hare]]"
* "[[Bunny Hugged]]"
* "[[Bunny Hugged]]"
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* "[[Duck! Rabbit, Duck!]]"
* "[[Duck! Rabbit, Duck!]]"
* "[[Ali Baba Bunny]]"
* "[[Ali Baba Bunny]]"
=== Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... ===
 
[[File:Daffy Duck, The Nuttiness Continues Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=CCover for Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues...|Cover for Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues...]]
==== Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:Daffy Duck, The Nuttiness Continues Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|Cover for ''Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues...'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Duck Amuck]]"
* "[[Duck Amuck]]"
* "[[The Daffy Doc]]"
* "[[The Daffy Doc]]"
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* "[[The Scarlet Pumpernickel]]"
* "[[The Scarlet Pumpernickel]]"
* "[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]" (time-compressed)
* "[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]" (time-compressed)
=== Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers ===
 
[[File:Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers|Cover for Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers]]
==== Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers.png|100px|thumb|right|Cover for ''Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Rabbit of Seville]]"
* "[[Rabbit of Seville]]"
* "[[What's Opera, Doc?]]"
* "[[What's Opera, Doc?]]"
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* "[[Rabbit Seasoning]]"
* "[[Rabbit Seasoning]]"
* "[[Bugs' Bonnets]]"
* "[[Bugs' Bonnets]]"
=== Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies ===
 
[[File:Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies|Cover for Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies]]
==== Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|Cover for ''Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Curtain Razor]]"
* "[[Curtain Razor]]"
* "[[Boobs in the Woods]]"
* "[[Boobs in the Woods]]"
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* "[[Cracked Quack]]"  
* "[[Cracked Quack]]"  
* "[[Dough for the Do-Do]]" (time-compressed 4x)
* "[[Dough for the Do-Do]]" (time-compressed 4x)
=== Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies ===
 
[[File:Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies|Cover for Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies]]
==== Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|Cover for ''Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Lovelorn Leghorn]]"  
* "[[Lovelorn Leghorn]]"  
* "[[The Foghorn Leghorn]]"  
* "[[The Foghorn Leghorn]]"  
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* "[[Feather Dusted]]"   
* "[[Feather Dusted]]"   
* "[[A Fractured Leghorn]]"  
* "[[A Fractured Leghorn]]"  
=== Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales ===
 
[[File:Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales|Cover for Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales]]
==== Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|alt=Cover for Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales|Cover for ''Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Scent-imental Romeo]]"
* "[[Scent-imental Romeo]]"
* "[[Past Perfumance]]"
* "[[Past Perfumance]]"
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* "[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]"
* "[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]"
* "[[Really Scent]]"
* "[[Really Scent]]"
=== Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers ===
 
[[File:Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers|Cover for Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers]]
==== Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|alt=Cover for Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers|Cover for ''Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Tweet and Lovely]]"   
* "[[Tweet and Lovely]]"   
* "[[Tweety and the Beanstalk]]"  
* "[[Tweety and the Beanstalk]]"  
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* "[[Tweety's S.O.S.]]"  
* "[[Tweety's S.O.S.]]"  
* "[[Canned Feud]]"  
* "[[Canned Feud]]"  
* "[[Hyde and Go Tweet]]"  
* "[[Hyde and Go Tweet]]"
=== Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies ===
 
[[File:Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies|Cover for Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies]]
==== Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|Cover for ''Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[The Pied Piper of Guadalupe]]"
* "[[The Pied Piper of Guadalupe]]"
* "[[Tortilla Flaps]]"
* "[[Tortilla Flaps]]"
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* "[[Here Today, Gone Tamale]]"
* "[[Here Today, Gone Tamale]]"
* "[[Gonzales' Tamales]]"
* "[[Gonzales' Tamales]]"
=== Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase ===
 
[[File:Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote - The Classic Chase.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase|Cover for Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase]]
==== Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote - The Classic Chase.png|100px|thumb|right|Cover for ''Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Fast and Furry-ous]]"
* "[[Fast and Furry-ous]]"
* "[[Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z]]"
* "[[Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z]]"
* "[[Operation: RABBIT]]"
* "[[Operation: Rabbit]]"
* "[[Hook, Line and Stinker]]"
* "[[Hook, Line and Stinker]]"
* "[[Zip 'n Snort]]"  
* "[[Zip 'n Snort]]"  
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* "[[Beep, Beep (1952 Short)|Beep, Beep]]"
* "[[Beep, Beep (1952 Short)|Beep, Beep]]"
* "[[To Beep or Not To Beep]]"
* "[[To Beep or Not To Beep]]"
=== '''''"A Salute To" Series Releases''''' ===
 
=== A Salute to Chuck Jones ===
=== "A Salute To" Series ===
[[File:A Salute to Chuck Jones Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for A Salute to Chuck Jones|Cover for A Salute to Chuck Jones]]
==== A Salute to Chuck Jones ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:A Salute to Chuck Jones Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|alt=Cover for A Salute to Chuck Jones|Cover for ''A Salute to Chuck Jones'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century]]"
* "[[Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century]]"
* "[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]"
* "[[For Scent-imental Reasons]]"
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* "[[What's Opera, Doc?]]"
* "[[What's Opera, Doc?]]"
* "[[Zoom and Bored]]"
* "[[Zoom and Bored]]"
=== A Salute to Friz Freleng ===
 
[[File:A Salute to Friz Freleng.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for A Salute to Friz Freleng|Cover for A Salute to Friz Freleng]]
==== A Salute to Friz Freleng ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:A Salute to Friz Freleng.png|100px|thumb|right|alt=Cover for A Salute to Friz Freleng|Cover for ''A Salute to Friz Freleng'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Birds Anonymous]]"
* "[[Birds Anonymous]]"
* "[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]"
* "[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]"
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* "[[High Diving Hare]]"
* "[[High Diving Hare]]"
* "[[A Mouse Divided]]"  
* "[[A Mouse Divided]]"  
* "[[Speedy Gonzales (1955 Short)|Speedy Gonzales]]"
* "[[Speedy Gonzales (theatrical short)|Speedy Gonzales]]"
=== A Salute to Mel Blanc ===
 
[[File:A Salute to Mel Blanc Cover.png|200px|frameless|right|alt=Cover for A Salute to Mel Blanc|Cover for A Salute to Mel Blanc]]
==== A Salute to Mel Blanc ====
==== Contents: ====
[[File:A Salute to Mel Blanc Cover.png|100px|thumb|right|alt=Cover for A Salute to Mel Blanc|Cover for ''A Salute to Mel Blanc'']]
'''Contents:'''
* "[[Robin Hood Daffy]]"
* "[[Robin Hood Daffy]]"
* "[[Bad Ol' Putty Tat]]"
* "[[Bad Ol' Putty Tat]]"
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* "[[Bedevilled Rabbit]]"
* "[[Bedevilled Rabbit]]"


[[Category:Home Video Releases]]
==Behind the scenes==
[[Category:VHS Releases]]
* Each tape begins with a newly animated sequence in which the police are chasing the [[Tasmanian Devil]] on a motorcycle. Taz drives his bike through a theater in which Bugs, Daffy, and Porky are on stage with many characters marching across the stage behind them, akin to the beginning of ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]''. The animated sequence ends with a red-and-white WB shield emerging as Taz drives through the scene.
** Ironically, Taz did not get his own tape for this series despite appearing in these sequences.
* Some prints of the cartoons in these tapes are time-compressed (sped-up from their original speed). The affected cartoons include "[[You Ought to Be in Pictures]]", "[[The Wearing of the Grin]]", and "[[Dough for the Do-Do]]" (in the ''[[Porky Pig]]'' tape) and "[[Porky's Duck Hunt]]" (in the ''[[Daffy Duck (character)|Daffy Duck]]'' tape).
** The reason behind the time compression for these four cartoons is due to space restrictions in the VHS tapes at the time, especially due to the longer running time for "You Ought to Be in Pictures" (9 minutes 45 seconds) and "Porky's Duck Hunt" (8 minutes 50 seconds).
 
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Home video releases]]
[[Category:VHS releases]]
[[Category:1985]]
[[Category:1985]]

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The Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection is a series of Looney Tunes VHS tapes released by Warner Home Video, released from October 7, 1985[1] to 1992. It was the first VHS series in which black-and-white cartoons were featured in their original presentation (and the only such series until the Looney Tunes: The Collector's Edition VHS tapes). It would also be the only VHS series in which Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, and Speedy Gonzales would be honored with their own videotapes (though Foghorn and Pepé eventually got their own installments in the Looney Tunes Super Stars DVD series in the early 2010s).

Most of these cartoons have been restored on DVD and/or Blu-ray since, but the rest of the cartoons that have not been added to these formats are still unrestored.

Releases

Character-related

Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures

Cover for Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures

Contents:

Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues...

Cover for Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues...

Contents:

Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers

Cover for Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers

Contents:

Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies

Cover for Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies

Contents:

Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies

Cover for Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies

Contents:

Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales

Cover for Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales
Cover for Pepé Le Pew's Skunk Tales

Contents:

Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers

Cover for Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers
Cover for Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers

Contents:

Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies

Cover for Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies

Contents:

Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase

Cover for Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase

Contents:

"A Salute To" Series

A Salute to Chuck Jones

Cover for A Salute to Chuck Jones
Cover for A Salute to Chuck Jones

Contents:

A Salute to Friz Freleng

Cover for A Salute to Friz Freleng
Cover for A Salute to Friz Freleng

Contents:

A Salute to Mel Blanc

Cover for A Salute to Mel Blanc
Cover for A Salute to Mel Blanc

Contents:

Behind the scenes

  • Each tape begins with a newly animated sequence in which the police are chasing the Tasmanian Devil on a motorcycle. Taz drives his bike through a theater in which Bugs, Daffy, and Porky are on stage with many characters marching across the stage behind them, akin to the beginning of The Bugs Bunny Show. The animated sequence ends with a red-and-white WB shield emerging as Taz drives through the scene.
    • Ironically, Taz did not get his own tape for this series despite appearing in these sequences.
  • Some prints of the cartoons in these tapes are time-compressed (sped-up from their original speed). The affected cartoons include "You Ought to Be in Pictures", "The Wearing of the Grin", and "Dough for the Do-Do" (in the Porky Pig tape) and "Porky's Duck Hunt" (in the Daffy Duck tape).
    • The reason behind the time compression for these four cartoons is due to space restrictions in the VHS tapes at the time, especially due to the longer running time for "You Ought to Be in Pictures" (9 minutes 45 seconds) and "Porky's Duck Hunt" (8 minutes 50 seconds).

References